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Community Meeting Set for Saturday Afternoon in Wapiti

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Date: August 17, 2007
Contact: Terina Mullen, 307-242-7649
Contact: Recorded Updates, 307-344-2580

NEWS UPDATE - COLUMBINE FIRE

Information Contact: Terina Mullen
Website: www.inciweb.org
Phone: (307) 242-7649
Recorded updates: (307) 344-2580

Date: August 17, 2007, 9:00 a.m.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Community Meeting Set for Saturday Afternoon in Wapiti
Wapiti, WY - A community meeting, hosted by Mark Grant’s Incident Management Team, is scheduled for Saturday, August 18th at 2:00 p.m. at the Wapiti School. Team members and officials from the Shoshone National Forest and Yellowstone National Park will be on hand to share fire information and answer questions from local residents and interested members of the public.

The lightning-caused fire began August 9th in Yellowstone and spread onto the Shoshone National Forest on August 15th. The fire is currently estimated at 18,500 acres.

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Fire in Yellowstone Pineland in 1988

Did You Know?
The 1988 fires affected 793,880 acres or 36 percent of the park. Five fires burned into the park that year from adjacent public lands. The largest, the North Fork Fire, started from a discarded cigarette. It burned more than 410,000 acres.
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Last Updated: August 17, 2007 at 14:03 MST